61.   She was poor, they told her, and the congressman was doing her a favor by helping her limit her family size.

62.   The report blamed the higher poverty rates on the lower levels of education, higher unemployment and larger family sizes of immigrants.

63.   The pontiff made no mention of how to control family size, but the Roman Catholic Church opposes contraceptives.

64.   While cautioning the poor to cut down on family size, many political leaders themselves have many children.

65.   Giving women a choice in family size would enable them to contribute to social and economic development, said the report.

66.   Indian officials are worried over the constant rise although the average family size has fallen over the years.

67.   Falling birth rates and shrinking family sizes are seen as one factor behind the phenomenon.

68.   The report said that giving women a choice as to family size would also enable them to contribute to social and economic development.

69.   With no official limit on family size and little in the way of a family planning policy, families are continuing to grow.

70.   Literate women are more likely to accept family planning, reducing family size within a decade.